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Market

noun

The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold. Synonyms: market place, marketplace. "They were driven from the marketplace"

The customers for a particular product or service.

A marketplace where groceries are sold. Synonyms: food market, grocery, grocery store.

The securities markets in the aggregate. Synonym: securities industry.

An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up. Synonyms: market place, marketplace, mart.

verb

(past & past part. marketed; pres. part. marketing)

Engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of.

Buy household supplies.

Deal in a market.

Make commercial. Synonyms: commercialise, commercialize.

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"Market" Quotes from Famous Books

... Congress owned in Ohio have been surveyed, and with the exceptions of some Indian reservations, have been brought into market. In Indiana, all the lands purchased of the Indians have been surveyed, and with the exception of about ninety townships and fractional townships, have been offered for sale. These, amounting to about two millions of acres, will be offered for sale the present year. ...

— A New Guide for Emigrants to the West • J. M. Peck

... that the object of the sericulturist should be to raise and market as good a crop of cocoons as possible to the best advantage, and with the ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 • Various

... that he took every bill in it, unless there were some in another compartment, and of that she could not be quite sure. But Andrew knew. He would not have another penny until the next week when he received his pay. In the meantime there was a bill due at the grocery store, and one at the market, and there was the debt for Ellen's watch. However, he felt as if he would rather owe every man in Rowe than this one small, sharp woman. He felt the scorn lurking within her like a sting. She seemed to him ...

— The Portion of Labor • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... customers were naturally surprised at this, and inquired why he had not thought of that before he began to bargain. Mr. Cave became confused, but he stuck to his story, that the crystal was not in the market that afternoon, that a probable purchaser of it had already appeared. The two, treating this as an attempt to raise the price still further, made as if they would leave the shop. But at this point the parlour door opened, and the owner of the dark fringe and ...

— Tales of Space and Time • Herbert George Wells

... disagreeable, and a father who was very poor, and of whom he heard all men say that he was one of the most agreeable fellows that ever lived. Such being his stock in trade, how was he to take it to the best market? and what market ...

— The Bertrams • Anthony Trollope

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